I live on county maps. They offer an accessible, yet incredibly rich way to understand the diversity of our country. But they're also imperfect. An unfamiliar eye might draw the wrong lessons, like concluding that the country is overwhelmingly Republican.

Rep. Lamar Smith has drafted a bill that would replace peer review at the National Science Foundation (NSF) with a set of funding criteria chosen and overseen by Congress... and he wants to use it as a model for every federal science agency we have.

What Rep. Boehner never tells anyone when he discusses the project is that he stands to personally benefit from its approval. Boehner is invested in seven tar sands companies that will benefit from the pipeline's construction.

the House of Representatives Transportation Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee is considering a bill that will slash Amtrak's budget by a third in 2014--putting Amtrak's future very much in jeopardy.

The House of Representatives passed the privacy-invading Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) by a vote of 288 - 127. The bill must still pass the Senate, and overcome a veto threat from Obama, before it becomes law.

Republicans, Democrats and government officials agreed at a House hearing on Tuesday that police should need a warrant to obtain people's emails and other private online messages from third-party providers.

The journalists who moderate the Presidential debates have significant influence over what issues make get serious attention from the campaigns. Let's tell them that climate change needs to be on the agenda and up for debate!

The atomic bomb never should have been used to attack defenseless cities such as Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing with horrible and long-lasting effects 100,000s of men, women and children, in a country that had already been militarily defeated.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is evaluating 16 refund requests that could add up to more than $135 million, according to county tax data and application documents analyzed by The Associated Press.

On December 21st, the Federal Communications Commission is set to vote on rules to protect network neutrality, the principle that broadband companies should shouldn't block or degrade rival web content, services or applications. President Obama included n